Shloka 5
Invocation, Purāṇa Lakṣaṇas, Kurma at the Samudra-manthana, and Indradyumna’s Liberation Teaching
Iśvara-Gītā Prelude
भवन्तमेव भगवान् व्याजहार स्वयं प्रभुः / मुनीनां संहितां वक्तुं व्यासः पौराणिकीं पुरा
bhavantameva bhagavān vyājahāra svayaṃ prabhuḥ / munīnāṃ saṃhitāṃ vaktuṃ vyāsaḥ paurāṇikīṃ purā
Tuhan Yang Mulia—berdaulat dengan diri-Nya sendiri dan bebas—telah bersabda kepadamu seorang sahaja; dan pada zaman dahulu Vyāsa, mahaguru ilmu Purāṇa, telah menyampaikan himpunan Purāṇa kepada para muni.
Sūta (narrator) recounting the transmission of the Purāṇa
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
Indirectly: by stressing “Bhagavān” as svayaṃ prabhuḥ (self-sovereign), it frames the Supreme as independent and authoritative—the ultimate source behind the teaching that later clarifies Ātman/Brahman.
No specific practice is taught in this verse; it establishes the authoritative setting of instruction (śāstra-pravacana and guru-paramparā), which in the Kurma Purāṇa later supports disciplines such as Pāśupata-oriented yoga, devotion, and contemplative knowledge.
It does not name Śiva or Viṣṇu explicitly, but by grounding the Purāṇic teaching in “Bhagavān” and Vyāsa’s samhitā, it sets the Kurma Purāṇa’s inclusive theological frame in which sectarian teachings are harmonized under one supreme authority.